The moon landing, the BeatlesBԪַ first appearance on and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.BԪַs BԪַI Have a DreamBԪַ speech are among the as ranked by the Television Academy before MondayBԪַs 75th edition of the Emmy Awards.
Academy members from the television industry collaborated with academics to cull eight decades of TV history and vote on the list that was revealed Friday. Atop it they put Apollo 11BԪַs 1969 first landing on the moon, and Neil ArmstrongBԪַs declaration of a BԪַgiant leap for mankind.BԪַ In second they put coverage of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and in third the BeatlesBԪַ 1964 appearance on BԪַThe Ed Sullivan Show.BԪַ
, delivered at the March on Washington in 1963, is ranked No. 6. This yearBԪַs , delayed four months because of , comes on the MLK holiday.
While the top of the list is dominated by news events, plenty of fictional moments from classic TV dramas, comedies and specials appear too, including Hawkeye bidding farewell to best buddy B.J., and Korea, in the 1983 final episode of M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H (No. 8), Linus reciting the nativity story in 1965BԪַs BԪַA Charlie Brown ChristmasBԪַ (No. 14), and, from 2007, the much-debated, cut-to-black final moment of BԪַ BԪַ (No. 36).
The rankings include one scene from a show nominated this year BԪַ the last moments of Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett on HBOBԪַs BԪַ BԪַ (No. 56). for the special episode last week and BԪַThe Last of UsBԪַ is among the top nominees, along with BԪַSuccession,BԪַ BԪַThe White LotusBԪַ and BԪַTed Lasso,BԪַ at MondayBԪַs .
Also making the list are the episode of BԪַEllenBԪַ where Ellen DeGeneres reveals sheBԪַs gay (No. 13), the infamous BԪַSoup NaziBԪַ episode of BԪַSeinfeldBԪַ (No. 27), the debut of Michael JacksonBԪַs BԪַThrillerBԪַ video (No. 48), Whitney HoustonBԪַs Super Bowl BԪַStar Spangled BannerBԪַ performance (No. 65) and several moments from BԪַSesame StreetBԪַ and BԪַMister RogerBԪַs Neighborhood.BԪַ
The Emmys are being broadcast live from Los Angeles on Monday beginning at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.
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